On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:20:49 +0100, Matthew Somerville <[email protected]> wrote: > One question regarding Lena's reply on limiting Yahoo! messages to 5 per > connection: >> begin routers >> remote_domains_throttled: >> driver = dnslookup >> domains = \N^yahoo\.\N : rocketmail.com : ymail.com > > I presume I would also put btinternet.com/ btopenworld.com here.
Yep. >> transport = throttled_smtp >> ... >> begin transports >> throttled_smtp: >> driver = smtp >> connection_max_messages = 5 >> serialize_hosts = * > > I see Yahoo! state they accept a maximum of 5 messages per SMTP > connection here: > http://help.yahoo.com/l/au/yahoo7/mail/postmaster/postmaster-31.html > What difference does this rule actually make to Exim, if any? The above settings mean that exim will only attempt to send 5 messages in any single TCP/IP connection AND not attempt parallel connections to the same host. More details here: serialize_hosts http://docs.exim.org/current/spec_html/ch30.html#id607699 connection_max_messages http://docs.exim.org/current/spec_html/ch30.html#id603616 (along with lots and lots of other details) -- The Exim Manual http://docs.exim.org/current/ -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
